Can Proper Wheel Hub Installation Save Your Customers Money?

Proper wheel hub installation reduces vehicle maintenance costs and extends the useful life of wheel hub assemblies and their related parts. Whether it’s preventing comeback wheel bearing replacements or abnormal wear on tires, proper installation can save your customers money.

Using OE-Quality Hub Assemblies For Ford IWE-Equipped Trucks

What is the most complex wheel bearing hub unit on the roads today? You might think it would be a supercar or electric vehicle. But, it is on the Ford F-150 equipped with 4WD. In 2004, Ford introduced the Integrated Wheel End (IWE) that could disconnect the hub from the axle. This function adds several new components not found on the typical hub unit.

NTN’s Sentinel™ Series Keeps Produce Supplier on Schedule

A major supplier of produce was experiencing catastrophic bearing failures every four months. The bearing failures forced shutdowns that resulted in $90,000 in lost production each year. Read our case study to see how NTN’s Sentinel Series increased uptime resulting in over $133,000 in yearly savings.

Holiday Message to our Industry Partners

Happy holidays to all of our friends, colleagues, industry associates and customers around the world from NTN Canada. We extend our warmest greetings and best wishes for a New Year full of opportunities and new beginnings.

Introducing NTN’s Next Gen Council

The Next Gen Council will deliver the Ultimate Bearing Experience by amplifying the voices of the next generation of NTN leaders and fostering a community-driven culture of continuous improvement, innovation, collaboration, and diversity that will propel NTN into a forward-thinking future.

How to Choose The Correct Sentinel™ Series Housing

NTN’s Sentinel Series premium line of corrosion-resistant mounted ball bearing products for the food and beverage industry features insert bearings constructed from 440C stainless steel. Read our technical overview on which housing material is the appropriate choice for your particular application.

Bearing Solutions for the Food and Beverage Industry

In your plant, every minute of uptime matters. But harsh chemicals, grease wash-out, corrosion and contamination work together to slow your plant’s productivity to a trickle. Not to worry: NTN has products for your entire plant, each one engineered to last longer in harsh environments. So you can focus on operational improvement and keep your production going strong.

The NTN Ultimate Bearing Experience Technical Roadshow Year in Review

The 2023 NTN Ultimate Bearing Experience (UBE) Technical Roadshow was an opportunity like no other, allowing customers across the country to get hands on experience with NTN’s premium bearing lines. The state-of-the-art trailer paired with our sales team has proven to be a game-changer for maintenance staff, technicians, and engineers.

NTN Partners with the World Athletics Series

NTN continues its mission to fuel athletes across a multitude of sports. As an Official Partner, NTN Corporation is sponsoring the World Athletics Series to encourage athletes who push themselves to their limit.

NTN Announces New Automotive Aftermarket Team in Canada

NTN has expanded its sales support team for the automotive aftermarket and heavy duty channels in Canada to support our strategic vision for continued growth and excellent customer service for NTN BCA’s premium line of wheel hub assemblies, bearings and seals.

NTN Announces Expansion of NTN BCA Inventory in Canada

NTN now offers full line coverage of NTN BCA Bearings direct from its Canadian national distribution center in Mississauga Ontario. The expanded inventory capacity increases NTN BCA’s product availability in Canada helping to accelerate order fulfilment and decrease delivery times.

Meet our Customer Success Team

We’re a creative, friendly and diverse bunch, who truly enjoy what we do and the people we work with. Our team spirit, expertise and perspective help us create bearing solutions that go far beyond just a good idea.

Bring your child to work 2022

NTN Canada welcomed a group of Grade 9 students to our offices to celebrate “Take Your Child to Work” day. The students enjoyed a variety of events and presentations, along with a tour of our manufacturing facility.

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NTN Announces Technical Roadshow Training Program

The NTN UBE Technical Roadshow hits the highways bringing an immersive, interactive experience to our customers across Canada. This tour carries the latest technology for bearings, wheel hub assemblies and linear motion products to bring the NTN story to life.

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Sentinel Series Mounted Units-Canning Line

A major producer of soft drinks and other beverages was experiencing semi-annual bearing failures on its canning line due to the frequent washdowns required in the production area. The recurring failures were resulting in over $200,000 in lost production each year.

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NTN’s Sentinel™ Series Churns Through Downtime on Dough Mixer

A producer of frozen, precooked, and dried pasta products was experiencing weekly bearing failures on its dough mixer due to the frequent washdowns required in the production area. NTN’s engineering support team performed a thorough evaluation of the mixer and determined the failures were being caused by grease washout.

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SAFD Split Pillow Blocks

NTN ULTAGE SAFD split pillow blocks have been designed, processed and machined by NTN team members in our state-of-the-art facilities. These rugged, ductile iron pillow blocks have a higher tensile strength and better elasticity than cast iron.

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MEGAOHM™ 7MC3 Series Ceramic Insulated Ball Bearings

NTN’s MEGAOHM 7MC3 Series insulated bearings are designed to resist electric current damage and offer protection to costly equipment which is why they are used by OEMs for wind turbine generators, traction motors, paper and textile rolls, VFD and other electric motors used across many industrial applications.

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NTN Wishes John Burns, Inventory Planner, a Happy Retirement

NTN congratulates John Burns, Inventory Planner, on his recent retirement after 38 years of dedicated service. John was a stellar employee, delivering the “Ultimate Bearing Customer Experience” keeping bearing orders moving through NTN’s national headquarters and distribution facility in Canada.

Ultra-Class Ball Bearing Mounted Units

NTN Ultra-Class handles splash better than competitors

Ultra-Class is NTN’s flagship solid-base mounted bearing unit line, delivering high performance and reliability in the most challenging conditions. When protection in harsh environments is paramount, our Ultra-Class series is up to the task.

NTN Supports TCFD Recommendations

NTN Supports TCFD Recommendations

NTN Corporation (hereafter, NTN) has expressed its support of recommendations from “Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (hereafter, TCFD) established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB).

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Make the World NAMERAKA

We aim to contribute to what is called “NAMERAKA” or smooth society in Japanese, the meaning of which is making the world run smoothly with the NTN Spirit Tree as our guiding philosophy.

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NTN Announces Territory Project Manager Giovanna Sacco

NTN is pleased to announce the appointment of Giovanna Sacco to the position of Territory Project Manager. Giovanna will report to NTN’s Quebec Sales Manager, Sean Barron, and will be responsible for creating, implementing and virtually managing each sales project plan to support our distribution network and end user customer base.

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NTN Announces Quebec Sales Manager Sean Barron

NTN is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Barron to the position of Quebec Sales Manager. Sean brings over 26 years of bearing industry experience and a wealth of knowledge and connections to the sales management team at NTN.

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The Ultimate NTN Formula Experience

The fact that we’re one of the leading suppliers of OEM snowmobile bearings is what enabled us to build what no other manufacturer could … a bearing that’s specific to the sport of snowmobiling; Black Ice by NTN.

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NTN brings storybooks to life at SickKids Hospital

Our President and CEO was honoured to be a guest reader at SickKids Story Time! Story Time is broadcast through the hospital’s closed-circuit TV station, so children can enjoy the story in the comfort of their hospital room as well as in Ronald McDonald house.

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Team Member Spotlight: Christian Oteiza

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, NTN team members have had to adjust their work routines to meet the new needs of the customers they serve. Christian Oteiza, Logistics Manager, is one of those team members who has stepped up to the challenge.

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Team Member Spotlight: Mathew Meo

Our latest Team Member Spotlight highlights Mathew Meo, Technical Service Specialist (in training) at NTN Canada. Mathew has been an integral part of NTN’s customer support and operations team for the past four years.

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Changes to Hours and Service Due to COVID-19

To comply with physical distancing requirements and to keep everyone as safe as possible, please note we are not permitting drivers to enter our Canadian distribution headquarters in Mississauga at this time.

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Holiday Message

Happy holidays to all of our friends, colleagues, industry associates and customers around the world from NTN Canada.

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Team Member Spotlight: Sean Barron

Meet Sean Barron. He’s a high-energy team member on our Business Development team. Throughout his four years as an NTN Territory Manager, Sean has become an essential member of our sales department.

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Team Member Spotlight: Carly Tudball

At NTN Canada, our employees are the heart and soul of our company, and they are the ones who ensure that our customers’ needs are met and exceeded. Carly Tudball is a great example of one of these team members.

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Team Member Spotlight: Alex Salazar

Meet Alex Salazar, a Bilingual Inside Sales Representative at NTN Canada’s Mississauga location. Ask anyone and they’ll tell you—the heartbeat of NTN Canada is our customer service team!

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Team Member Spotlight: Francois Pellerin

Meet Francois Pellerin, an Inside Sales Representative at NTN Canada’s Montreal location. Our mission to deliver “the Ultimate Bearing Experience” relies on the work that Francois and all of our passionate employees do every day.

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NTN Canada Helps Young People Build Futures Free of Homelessness

On June 20, 2019 NTN Bearing Corporation of Canada Ltd. (NTN Canada) was the volunteer sponsor of Eva’s Home for Life Auction, held at the Toronto Evergreen Brick Works. The night’s event raised over $250,000 in support of young people building futures free of homelessness.

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Justin Trudeau attends 50th Anniversary Celebrations

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada attended NTN Bearing Corporation of Canada’s gala celebration on September 27, 2018 at the Omni King Edward hotel in Toronto. The celebration took place to mark NTN’s 50th year of operations in Canada and the 100th anniversary of its founding as a global brand.

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Automechanika Innovation Award

At Automechanika 2018, NTN-SNR is unveiling its new ceramic bearing, which was specially developed for Jaguar-Land-Rover in the context of the limited edition Jaguar XE SV Project 8.
This ceramic bearing has been selected by a jury of professionals as a finalist for Automechanika Innovation Awards out of 120 entries in competition.